A Vanished Friend

[Beardo]

I was feeling poetic today, so I opened up some poetry on-line. I usually do not like to quote non-Muslim sources, but I thought this was very insightful:

Around the Corner
By Henson Towne

Around the corner I have a friend
In this great city that has no end.
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friend's face,
For life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows I like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell,
And he rang mine.
We were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say "I will call on Jim."
"Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner!-yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir-"
"Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

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:omg: I didn't expect it to end like that :muddlehea

[syilla]

i guess i need to call someone... erm...do i?

[Misz_Muslimah]

Mashallah.nice poem..
Jazaakalahu khayran for sharing ..
:wa:

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[IbnAbdulHakim]

brilliant !


!

[Raaina]

Yeah, it is brilliant.

I've read that before, always reminds me I should call my friends more ;D

[zakirs]

i guess i need to call someone... erm...do i?

I need to call a lot of people.I am very bad at keeping in touch